Should basic health insurance be funded by income- and wealth-based premiums plus higher VAT?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed replacing flat per-person basic health-insurance premiums with contributions based on income and wealth. Up to half of the insurance system would be financed through additional VAT revenue. The proposal also required stronger measures to control healthcare costs and would transfer some responsibilities, including the regulation of medical prices and providers, from regional governments to the national government. Supporters argued that the system would make healthcare financing more affordable and fair. Opponents warned that VAT would have to rise, that the effects on different households were uncertain and that the major system change would not necessarily reduce total healthcare costs. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/499.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=499
Vote date: 2003-05-18
Original Swissvotes English title: «Gesundheitsinitiative»
Original German title: «Gesundheitsinitiative»
Swissvotes short-description title: Krankenversicherung: Die Abschaffung der Kopfprämie scheitert erneut
Original French title: «Initiative-santé»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/30170
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20030518.prop_oui_499_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20030518.prop_oui_499_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=499